PART IVGAME AND GAME DEALERS' LICENCES

Licences to kill or take game

29Penalty for killing or taking game without a game licence.

F1(1)

Save as provided by this section, any person who—

(a)

kills or takes any game; or

(b)

uses any dog, gun, net or engine for the killing or taking of game;

without having in force a game licence shall, in addition to any other offence he may thereby commit, be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.

(2)

This section shall not operate so as to require any member of the Royal Family to take out a game licence.

(3)

The following persons or any of them shall not, by reason only of being so engaged, be guilty of an offence under this section—

(a)

any person engaged in aiding or assisting in the killing or taking of game by the order and under the immediate direction of, and for the use only of, a person who has in force a game licence, where any dog, gun, net or other engine, then being lawfully used, belongs to the licence-holder;

(b)

any person engaged in the killing or taking of snipe or wild duck;

F2(c)

any occupier of any land, or any person authorised by him, engaged in the killing or taking of ground game on that land;

(d)

any person engaged in the killing or pursuing of hares by coursing with greyhounds or by hunting with beagles or other hounds;

(e)

any person engaged in the killing or pursuing of deer by hunting with hounds;

(f)

any owner or ocupier of any inclosed land, or any person acting by his direction or permission, engaged in the killing or taking of deer on such land.